Thursday, July 03, 2008

News In Brief (And The Usual Opinionated Commentary)

For months it has been reported by Hugo Chavez that he was working hard to secure the release of these people. Notice how Chavez had nothing to do with any of this. Hard work and perseverance from Colombians and Americans got this job done.

With all of the buzz about the Fairness Doctrine, the reported $400 million deal that Rush Limbaugh just pulled down must really be rankling proponents of that bogus proposal. I do not listen to Rush, but great for him if someone is willing to pay that much to him. It shows he is generating some revenue, somewhere. Other than Ed Schultz's liberal show, none of the previous attempts could not generate the amount needed to ensure their longevity. So the liberals, in desperate moves to get their message, out must circumvent the market to force networks and stations to equalize things.

Put on a show that will generate listeners and they too can draw this kind of money.

7 comments:

Ya know, I would have preferred a little more diplomacy, instead of this unilateral cowboy-Rambo adventure. Couldn't a group hug with the FARC have accomplished the same thing?

More seriously, I wonder what BHO has to say about this. Remember that the terrorist FARC is among many whacko anti-American, fascist groups/individuals that support BHO. (I wonder why that is). Meanwhile, McCain, who likes Uribe and wants closer ties with Colombia, just happened to be in the country when this awesome operation went down. Please, John McCain, I beg you - please take this opportunity to show the difference in style of fighting terrorists between you and BHO. Talking and negotiating accomplished NOTHING in this case. What a stark contrast between what happened yesterday, and Israel's impending terrorist-for-corpses swap....

"But this liberation is also the success of an all-out international mobilization which, for 6 years, has doggedly supported "living hope," using Ingrid Bettancourt's words. Families, support groups, media, south american or european governments, french government from Jacques Chirac to Nicolas Serkozy, each contributed to passing a simple message to FARC, hammered through by the French president on Wednesday night: 'They have to stop this absurd, dark-ages battle.'"

Yeah, I'm sure the hostages are all thanking the EU and the media right now. Colombia is lumped in with "south American governments." No mention of FARC's asshat fascist supporter, Chavez. And notice America did nothing. Gotta love le Monde.

In the past eight or nine months, the media have decided to lobtomize the French, in Amerloque's view. (With no internet due to health isues, Amerloque was by necessity forced to read and watch French-sourced media.) Either this was their decision, or they have been asked (ordered ?) to do so (one must recall that in France the media are aux ordres apparently far more than in other Western democracies). The news is simply not being reported fairly and accurately, when it is reported at all... The gov't is scared sh****ss that the suburbs will break into more violence ... and with the huge cuts in Army pesonnel and garrisons, there are deep and incessant rumblings in the armed services. Interesting times. (sigh)

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